The Woman in the Snow is about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Grady Bishop, a white bus driver is assigned the route nicknamed the "Blackbird Express." On a snowy night, Grady takes the bus in early due to the weather. He sees a young woman, Eula Mae Daniels, with a baby struggling to get through the snow.
this could mean that there were bruises all over that it felt like one big one, or that it just hurt all over and feels like there is any bruise at all, and one that covers both feet.